Corporate employees often experience boredom in their daily lives and to get away from such monotonous schedules, some choose to take a vacation to shake up their routine, many also use their free time to exercise, go camping or hiking, or attend parties to unwind. However, a Twitter user going by the handle Nikhil Seth recently shared an odd instance about a Microsoft worker who works as a Rapido driver on weekends just to talk to new people.
Bengaluru: Software engineer at Microsoft works as Rapido driver on weekends as a hobby.
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Nikhil Seth booked a Rapido ride only to discover that his driver was a well-educated engineer who works for the position of SDET at Microsoft in Bangalore. "My Rapido Driver today was an SDET at Microsoft & he told me that he drives just to talk to people and as a hobby on weekends.” Nikhil Seth who broke his story on the internet wrote.
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The post immediately sparked a range of reactions on the social media platform as it appeared online. A few users eventually shared their strange cab ride tales, but the majority of users swamped the comment area with humorous memes, While some described it as Peak Bengaluru behaviour. The post has garnered almost 1k likes.
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The post immediately sparked a range of reactions on the social media platform as it appeared online. A few users eventually shared their strange cab ride tales, but the majority of users swamped the comment area with humorous memes, While some described it as Peak Bengaluru behaviour. The post has garnered almost 1k likes.
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